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Frostholme Mill, Cornholme. - MOT00183
Built in 1860, the mill was enlarged and developed under the ownership of Joshua Smith Ltd who ran it from 1882 until well into the 1950s. At one time they employed over 700 people in Cornholme, primarily in the weaving industry.
After Joshua…
After Joshua…
Cornholme Methodist Church - MCR00106
Fancy dress party or competition.
Sunday School Centenary at Cornholme, 1980 - MCR00108
A parade of Sunday School Queens was part of the Cententary Celebrations.
Cornholme Methodians 1950s - MCR00109
Burnley and District Sunday School League Charity Cup Winners.
Back row - Will Greenwood, Billy Coulton, Stephen Crowther, Gordon Whitehead (trainer), Geoffrey Newham (goalie), Stanley Coulton, Peter Brownbridge, Joseph Jackson (Reserve?).
Front…
Back row - Will Greenwood, Billy Coulton, Stephen Crowther, Gordon Whitehead (trainer), Geoffrey Newham (goalie), Stanley Coulton, Peter Brownbridge, Joseph Jackson (Reserve?).
Front…
Cornholme Methodians 1949-50 - MCR00111
Back row - L to R
Rev. A. Hunt, Billy Coulton, Gordon Whitehead, Bob Simpson, Lewis Blacka, Jack Nesbitt, Norman Stansfield, Will Greenwood.
Front row and kneeling - L to R
Wallace Pickles, Stanley Coulton, Wally Winter, Jimmy Collinge,…
Rev. A. Hunt, Billy Coulton, Gordon Whitehead, Bob Simpson, Lewis Blacka, Jack Nesbitt, Norman Stansfield, Will Greenwood.
Front row and kneeling - L to R
Wallace Pickles, Stanley Coulton, Wally Winter, Jimmy Collinge,…
Cornholme Methodist Church - MCR00113
Fancy dress party or competition.
Dance Troop - MCR00114
Alice Dawson, Janet Mallison, Phyllis Stansfield, Mona Crowther, Mary Helliwell, Vera Whittaker, Lizzie Higgin.
Cornholme Group - MCR00115
Are they preparing for Harvest Festival?
Cornholme Board School c. 1922 - MCR00118
Teachers: Mr J. Briggs and Miss Townsend
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Back row - L to R
Lilian Crabtree, Florence Thomas, Vera Hirst, ? , Alice Dawson, Violetta Greenlees, Rebecca Holden?, Elizabeth Higgin, Alice Greenlees, Millie Jowett (next to Mr. Briggs)
Between…
Cornholme Methodist Church - MCR00119
Cast of "Merrie England".
Cornholme Methodist Church Dramatic Society c. 1952 - MCR00128
"Bed of Roses".
L to R
F. Nuttall (seated), M. Wilson, J. Davies, F. Dean, Bernard Crowther (on settee, Margaret's dad), W. Hindle, R. Bairstow, M. J. Crowther (seated), J. Lightburn
L to R
F. Nuttall (seated), M. Wilson, J. Davies, F. Dean, Bernard Crowther (on settee, Margaret's dad), W. Hindle, R. Bairstow, M. J. Crowther (seated), J. Lightburn
Church Reunion, probably 1950s - MCR00130
Back row L to R
Kenneth Jacques, Billy Jacques, Norman Stansfield, ? Greenwood?, Raymond Bairstow, Lyra Bairstow, Florence Dean, Eileen Beevers, Wilfred Beevers, Margaret Crowther, Jacqueline Marshall, unknown, Jonathan Stansfield
6th…
Kenneth Jacques, Billy Jacques, Norman Stansfield, ? Greenwood?, Raymond Bairstow, Lyra Bairstow, Florence Dean, Eileen Beevers, Wilfred Beevers, Margaret Crowther, Jacqueline Marshall, unknown, Jonathan Stansfield
6th…
Mayoral Sunday 1971 - MCR00132
Procession to Cornholme Parish Church.
F. Mills, Mayor
Councillors: Ellis Scholfield, Eric Dennett?, Bernard Crowther, Albert Marshall, Keith Cockcroft
F. Mills, Mayor
Councillors: Ellis Scholfield, Eric Dennett?, Bernard Crowther, Albert Marshall, Keith Cockcroft
Cornholme United Methodist Church - MCR00156
Postcard of elevated view of Cornholme.
Cornholme - Wilson's Bobbin Mill. - RDA00150
The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway 'Copy Pit' Line between Todmorden and Burnley passing Wilson’s ‘bobbin mill'.
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
"Wilson's Bobbin Mill once dominated the village of Cornholme. The vast four-storey building, with its eye-catching clock bridge…
Cornholme Station - RDA00179
The station on the 'Copy Pit Line' from Todmorden to Burnley opened in 1878 some 30 years after the line and the station closed in 1938.
Pudsey, Cornholme. - RDA00195
Pudsey area of Cornholme on the north side of Burnley Road. In the foreground the Todmorden-Burnley railway 'Copy Pit' line. Front right is the back of Frostholme Mill. Springwood Terrace is on the right nearer the top.
Cornholme, Todmorden - RDA00203
St Michael & all Angels C of E Church, Burnley Road, Cornholme.
Cornholme and Station, Todmorden - RDA00222
Looking up the valley over the small mill town towards Burnley with the station more or less in the centre. The station had opened in 1878 and closed in 1938. The chimney to the left of the big chimney was for Law Mill.
Vale, Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00223
Vale to the east of Cornholme.
Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00226
In the foreground Mount Zion Methodist Chapel; closed 1968 and then demolished although the graveyard remains. Down the valley the tower and spire of St Michael and ALL Angels C of E Church. The large mill behind is Frostholme Mill.
Vale, Cornholme, Todmorden. - RDA00234
Looking across towards Cornholme Station which closed in 1938 with Burnley Road in the foreground.